Some of you may already know about Meal Deals from being Bi-Lo shoppers/couponers/followers of Jenny at Southern Savers. For those that haven't heard, read on and learn.
Most weeks at Bi-Lo, the weekly ad includes what they call a Meal Deal. Generally, you buy a frozen entree of some sort, and you receive a side item (sometimes two), a dessert or appetizer, and a 6-pack of Pepsi free. Granted, sometimes I think they jack the prices up on the main entree so they're not losing as much money (like 2 Tombstone pizzas for $11--that's a bit high), but the math always works out to make it a good deal. You can get an even better deal by using a coupon for any of the items included--even though they're free in the deal.
A recent example:
Buy a Stouffer's entree at $9.99; use $1 Stouffer's coupon printed online
Free Pepperidge Farm bread; use $.55 Pepperidge Farm coupon from newspaper (and since Bi-Lo doubles coupons up to $.60, that's $1.10 off your total)
Free Pepperidge Farm layer cake
Free Pepsi 6-pack
The total here was $7.89 (saving about $10). This fed a few guests we had over one weekend and gave us leftovers for a couple of days.
This was fresh on my mind today after grabbing this week's deal for dinner tonight. We got a lasagna, garlic bread, Mayfield's ice cream, and Pepsi--delicious! I love quick dinner options.
One thing I learned (thankfully from someone else's experience instead of my own, for once) is that you can only do one Meal Deal per transaction. The system will only let the items ring up free once per order. So, if you want to stock up, be sure to ask for separate transactions.
Don't forget that Bi-Lo also offers FuelPerks (see my blog post about the program) and that every $50 purchase before coupons and deals earns you 5 cents off per gallon of gas at Spinx!
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